From creating these images two things have become clear. Firstly, that the role of women has greatly evolved from classical times in which they wore wet drapery and secondly that the act of shaving is a very sensuous activity that is intended to physically attract. Hence there are many contradictions present in these photographs.
Over the [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 15, 2009
Art and Gender Studies Artwork Take 3
May 5, 2009
Art and Gender Studies Artwork take 2
Here is the second installment of the series concerning shaving and female grooming.
May 4, 2009
Personal Reflection May 4th
This week much time has been spent getting back into the swing of my frantically paced life in Taipei after the transformative experience of NAEA. Last week our class reflected on Alex de Cosson’s article The Hermeneutic Dialogue which fused the processes of research and personal reflection.
While I have respect for the concept of [...]